Support for vscode

[SethPoulsen]

I've just ported this to work for Visual Studio Code and want to publish it. Would you guys like to have it published on the brownplt page, or should I just do it on my own page?

Any preference of what I name it when I publish to the vscode extension repositories?

Thanks!

[SethPoulsen]

Also, I would like to be able to use the Pyret logo when I publish the extension. Is that possible?

[SethPoulsen]

For now, I've uploaded to here: https://github.com/SethPoulsen/vscode-language-pyret.

[jpolitz]

@SethPoulsen this is awesome! I just started trying out VSCode myself, so this is cool timing for me :-)

I made a repo under brownplt, if you are interested in submitting pull requests there we will happily merge them – what you have looks great, I just downloaded it and tried it out.

https://github.com/brownplt/vscode-language-pyret

Just to double-check, where do you want to use the logo? Is it for icons and stuff in the published extension, in the README, etc?

[SethPoulsen]

@jpolitz Glad you like it!

Yea, it would be cool if the logo would show up with the extension on https://marketplace.visualstudio.com, and if it could show up next to the file names in the file explorer (side panel) in VSCode.

[SethPoulsen]

Also, I can't figure out how to get the new repository to allow me to open a pull request. It seems to be disallowing it since it is completely empty.

[jpolitz]

I added an initial commit to that repo – let me know if that works for you.

We're happy for you to use the logo for this, and thanks for asking first! There's a file called "pyret-icon.png" that we use for favicons that might be especially good for file logo since it avoids trying to scale down the details of the eyepatch:

https://github.com/brownplt/pyret-lang/blob/master/img/pyret-icon.png

Let us know if you have any other questions.

[SethPoulsen]

Its in the vscode extension marketplace!

Should be easy for anyone to install now. Unfortunately, getting the icon to show next to the file name is more complicated, I have submitted an issue here to make it happen: vscode-icons/vscode-icons#1502

[JimiC]

@jpolitz Any chance we can get our 'hooks' (hands) on an SVG version of the logo? We at vscode-icons prefer SVG as they are more digestible!!! 😆

[jpolitz]

Indeed! @JimiC there are svg versions that we use to generate the .pngs at https://github.com/brownplt/pyret-lang/tree/master/img/

[JimiC]

Ah I see. I admit I was too lazy to do a search. My apologies.

[shriram]

Awesome! Now I almost wish I used Visual Studio. (-: What is the user experience with it, btw?

[JimiC]

Great and it's getting better. But I'm biased so I don't know if my opinion counts.

[SethPoulsen]

Visual Studio Code is awesome. Of course, I wouldn't have bothered making the Pyret extension if it wasn't.

[SethPoulsen]

Shoutout to @JimiC for making the icons happen. Looks awesome!

[jpolitz]

Cool! For folks seeing this who don't know the details, this is enabled by installing the vscode-icons package (you can just search for "vscode-icons" in the package installer within vscode). I'm new to vscode, but from my reading this is a pretty standard theming package, recommended by the vscode team:

https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2016/09/08/icon-themes

Thanks @JimiC and @SethPoulsen !